Surgical treatment of specific Unified Classification System B fractures: potentially destabilising lesser trochanter periprosthetic fractures

Abstract To investigate the clinical effects of specific Unified Classification System B (UCS B)-lesser trochanter periprosthetic fractures and determine whether they occur only with non-cemented stems. A retrospective analysis of 28 patients with specific UCS B2 fractures who underwent two surgical...

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Main Authors: Wei-Qiang Zhao, Xu-Song Li, Meng-Qiang Fan, Zhi-Yuan Yao, Zhou-Feng Song, Pei-Jian Tong, Jie-Feng Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41698-x